Natalie's big news!

By Steve Bax on Nov 19, 08 10:28 AM in In the newsroom

While we were beavering away to meet the paper's deadlines on Tuesday, our Chertsey & Walton news editor Natalie Cambrook let slip she had some news of her own: she's got engaged.

Her boyfriend of several years, Rob, popped the question while they were in Munich at the weekend. But Nat felt a bit awkward about making a big announcement to the busy newsroom, so motormouth (me) stood up and told everyone.

She's already booked Herald freelance photographer John Pemberton to photograph the big day, whenever it is.

And it transpires she's eligable to marry at St Paul's Cathedral because her dad has an MBE. However with grand surroundings comes the equally grand pricetag: It'll cost £1,600 just for the church and with organist bills etc on top apparently.

I'm told this is about three or four times as expensive as tieing the knot at a 'regular' church.

"So St Paul's is out then," said one of our colleagues upon hearing about the £1,600+. "No" said Natalie, laughing. So I'd expect her to be doing a lot of car boot sales and cake baking for the forseeable future.

Apparently the question was popped at Neuschwanstien Castle in Bavaria, which sounds idyllic but for all the tourists milling around.

I'd be interested to hear from readers about where they either proposed/or were proposed to, and more importantly, did it go to plan? Post a comment below.